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JOHN GRSSL'OF oLnvnLAND,4 loler-Io..

Letters .Patent No. 75,156, dated March 3, 1868.

IMPROVEMENTIN FLAT-inoltre.

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invented certain newand useful Improvements `in Flat-Irons; and I do hereby decla 'thisspecifieatiom 'm which- .Agrate H.. It is then fastened down bythe hook and loop-G. The airand. keeping the iron hot and ready for use. -The ashes falling through the grate are k Be it known that I, JOHN GRSSI, of Cleveland, in Athe county of Cuyahoga, -and Statoof Ohio, have re that the following is a full and complete description of the sa ignre Il` is a perspective, view of the iron. l Figure 2 is a. longitudinal section. Figure 3 is a. detached section. Like letters refer to'like parts in the different views presented. A represents' the body of the iron, `which consists of a. chamber, The ordinary smooth bottom, B,lis sux-mounted by the sides lid or cover E, -which admits of be attached the handle F. The lidis secured to the body by the hook and loop G, in connection-With .the hinge. Betwe'enthe lid and sides is a small opening, c, for a. purpose .hereafter described. Near the bottom of the chamber is a movable grate, H, supported on' the points I, as 'shoivn in fig. space, z', between it and the bottom.' Arranged alo'ngthe sides are a numb ward,.a.nd open into the space'below the grate, as shown by iig. door or panel, pvoted at to the end-piece, opening or closing the small opening L,ig. 2. i

s The manner in which the iron is heatedis as follows: The lid is swung for containing the coals for heating. C and end-piece D. -To the end, at ,-s hinged the 2,'thus forming a small opening or er of holes, d CZ, which slant down- 3, e being the space and d the hole. J isa and admits of' being turned in the direction of the line g, thus back and the coals placed on the entering the holes d, under the grate, thus preventing the coals from dying out,

cpt in the space and cannot escape except when the door J is opened, when they can be taken ont. The' holes oZ slanting in a downward direction to the -space z', there is no danger of the ashesescapng and soiling the clothes -while ironing, as they vrouid` were the holes in a reverse or horizontal direction.

. What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent, is

1. `The draught-holes d d, arranged below the grate, in combination with the grate H, vent c, and chamber. A', as and for the purpose set forth.

.2. The cover E, body A, chamber A', and vent e, door J'fsubstantiallsy7 as and for the purpose specified. n

Y' JOHN GRUSS.

' Witnesses:

W. H. BURMDGE,

WITE.

forms a. draught up through the coals, and escapes from the ven-t 0,

in combination with the' grate H, draught-holes d d, and

me,vret`erence being had' to the accompanying drawings, making part of ing thrown backin the position shown by the dotted lines b. To the lid is- 

